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Figure 121:Hardware Triggers
Interface and Radio Triggers
To set a trigger for interfaces and radios on monitored devices, click the Type drop-down list on the System >
Triggers > Add page and select one of the interface or radio triggers described in Table 111.
For more information on creating a new trigger, see "Creating New Triggers" on page 221.
Name Description and Conditions
Radio Down Indicates that a device’s radio is down on the network. Once you choose this
trigger type, select Add New Trigger Condition to create at least one condition.
This type requires that a radio capability be set as a condition. The Value drop-
down menu supports several condition options.
Radio Up Indicates that a device’s radio is up on the network. Once you choose this trigger
type, select Add New Trigger Condition to create at least one condition. This
type requires that a radio capability be set as a condition. The Value drop-down
menu supports several condition options.
802.11 Frame Counters Enables monitoring of traffic levels. There are multiple rate-related parameters
for which you define conditions including ACK Failures, Retry Rate, and Rx
Fragment Rate. See the Option drop-down menu in the Conditions section of the
trigger page for a complete list of parameters. Select Add New Trigger
Condition to access these settings. Define at least one condition for this trigger
type.
802.11 QoS Counters Enables monitoring of Quality of Service (QoS) parameters on the network,
according to traffic type. The rate of different parameters includes ACK Failures,
Duplicated Frames and Transmitted Fragments. See the drop-down field menu in
the conditions section of the trigger page for a complete list of parameters. Select
Add New Trigger Condition to access these settings. Define at least one
condition for this trigger type.
Interface Usage Interface labels defined on the trigger page will be used to set up triggers on one
or more interfaces and/or radios. Available conditions are Device Type,
Interface Description, Interface Label, Interface Mode, Interface Speed In
(Mbps), Interface Speed Out (Mbps), Interface Type, and Radio Type.
Interface Errors Indicates that errors have occurred while transmitting and receiving traffic over
the selected interface, device, or interface label. Available conditions are Device
Type, Interface Errors Combined (%), Interface Errors In (%), Interface Errors
Out (%), Interface Label, Interface Mode, Interface Name, and Interface
Type. For information about creating these triggers, see "Triggers for Interface
Errors" on page 226.
Table 111: Interface and Radio Triggers